Telegram-herald., 1887-08-05
RACKET OF THE RAIL
r,scussNa sTREeT CA PROJECTS
gnsnas znd oBpaasats Of shs Cherry stress
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COMMITTEES GA Streets and Ordinances re-
L.ftss 10 ths proposed belt nas railroad. A
rssaonssrance sas presented BY M Kinney
yC. McKss stated that the petition for the
n nc Of Eay represented - per esnL Of the
,roperty h0ldsrs along the line. Referring
to ths rsmonstrancs Of AE Kinney, be said
thaE Il was occasiOnea, be thought. by an
sEsr in their petition which asked ior the
right OF pay on ksnt-st. for 300 feet south
Of Hastlnss-st-. bat the company had since
iound tbag bus lQD feet would be necessary,
jgst sufficient % reach the berksy = 1ay
factory Ia order thai they might load. Mr..
Kinney sas snK.0ls % Know Why they
could not use Berksy Gays alley for Load
lag a. they do al the present time. ueo-
~ Hooker sAld that IL cars we're alloHet %
srSRd on kentst.. Ia front Cf she befz-y
q Gay factory it would DC great injury 70
IA property. Ed Barnard stated that tie
3foperty owners who had signed the re-
M0nstrance were mostly those south of
Hastings-sg. q. q. C0mstOek stated that De
0-osd - out OF the 90 lots north OF
Hastings. ST. and While he did not have any
need Ol the road he was perfectly willing
that BeFksy q Gay should be accOmm0-
satsd. Ar. Mckee stated that the petition
fof the road .as signed by s. out OF the
Ait. b4ntlncs motion - al iOurn until
Thnrsday afternoon A. o'clock was
carried ani the COMMITTEES and those inter
sted "a opposed will maze 4 tour OF IN
spectioa OF the proposed line.
The Aldsrmea Of the second and third
wards. except Aid. CreqDe. met in the eoun-
al chamber last evening 70 hear the pros
and cons on the proposed Cherry-st- line.
Among the Interested spectators were y.
L. avery. Henry Spring. Wan. IT. Robin
Cd. J. d. Utley. Ma. A. B. Watson, W. s.
Gum. Z. G.. Winsor T. Stewart White.
John T.. More. ex-Ald George G. Pierce, T.
". Withey. Joseph II. Woaderly. George
b. Dunton, Thos. NJ. Peck Freeman God
G-y. Ransom q. Luce. Edwin +. Uhl +.
A Gorham. H. ). Pressburg. G. Q. Rood,
Chas. Ill. Taylor j. 3. 6ulliford. j. ID,
ttley. Chas. +. kathbun, John McIntyre,
". ". WsAtherly, A. ID. Greene and about
loo others.
Aid Davidson stated the object o. the
meeting and asked the speakers 10 limit
their remarks % eight nksnntes. Hon. y.
l. avery stated that the matter was IN tue
courts and that be could not see how the
con pany. undar the circumstances. could
petition for al ordinance
Hon T. h. Uhl explained the present
standing Of the matter, how the ordinance
had bssn placed On It's second reading. and
then. oy a unanimous vote. the Council
had granted The prayer OF the demonstrators
and thus killed the ordinances where II
stood. he thea outlined the legal con
dition and standing of the matter. how oy
stipulation both parties-the street railway
cora spany Of Grand Rapids, and ths re-
monstrators-had agreed 10 await the de-
sion - the Supreme Court IN the matter
october term.
= vithey then outlined She posi-
ton Of the street Railway Company, and
stated that according 70 their Interpretation
Of the decision of the Superior Court the
mater Of granting aa ordinance was left TO
the Council That the question was one Of
vital importance 10 The Company - Affect
Ind ines already built or contemplated and
tse Comp pany would undoubtedly take ap-
- 10 the supreme Court for decision as
- their rights.
Mr.. Jhl stated that the matter was vet
unsettled and that the attitude of the COM
pany vas simply antagonistic 20 the
Council. They held that under their old
ordinances they had a right 70 operate a
road without the passage OF any new ortin-
snee and should the Council now see tit 10
enact a uer ordinances 10 would simply be
begging the r0sd 10 take something which
them % take ana have not 10 give.
Dennis I. Rogers. n Jamcs-st. resident
advocated the grating Of the right OF way.
Peter u. No0rheis said. Il don't ap-
prsheud that The number Of
feet frontage vilI have anything
70 DO with the mater. inasmuch as a tsw
heavv property holders ike Mrs.
Morris could oppose any improvement and
defeat if The strong point raised by the
opponents Of tce line is that their property
10 more vslnS0ie than thar Of those who
favor it. This IS true. bat ~ al. cases Of
street Improvements We would be called
spOn 70 pay the same price Per loot ffDnt-
tge 2. they. Is would 0e ct zrsat a3saa-
ta4e TO property owners east of fsafagefte-
81. ard enhance TIE value Of nrore-T in
he vicinity. Tie principie Of The greatest
good 90 toe rrsatsst ulmosr shou 4 EOyern
you in this matter"
Geo. =. naoion said that When the peti-
tion was irst presented 70 the c01ncil 70
grant the right of wRv 70 the corctsnv. he
siznsd Is. Uith the UNDERSTANDING that it
49, tc be single track nsad Since then
H vas learned that e vas 20 b made The
main Hre.aad therelors The people who had
signed TIA original petition Tess many of
them now zigners of the reuons sfrancs. He
found Au,t with SIR. voorhees, statement
thst the iine would benefit 5.eeo peoole and
sail it wouid not henent one-tsnth that
nanhsr. Already the company had line
on Nealihy ave. franchise bad been
granted tas cable road for line
on Lake ave-. and u would
not b. OF bene1is 70 any
ere o. ems ont the cniY drive to the lake.
when on each side cf he thorough fare
were recommendations for rhe people who
desire street railway sCc0mnodstiCns.
4 g. Luce ssli Is it right 90 comrel
fhe property owners 80 give u0 their lawns
Is "a risb- 81 Compei property owners on
ctste AMI tnPrry-sts.. - - - sn unnsces
sary exrense 9f rerrsdi0g Simply % srsiify
she Street Railroad Jon nanyf It's un-
necessarv 81 build the rad We dou's
want t. ne haven't sske3 for il. and it
shru.i rot he t1rceti an nsr
&. e. R0aa said i've on Fulton ST
whers VI hare txn tracks bus is den 2
bother me env or Seeu me- awsxa nights In
fact Ike it q looks ike business It's
rrsferso.e - he Old vav 81 visiting the
ltze when usef - Eet ~ nigats rs sfrn-
ka igaf fE TIE fslors ana ri-s who
VISITED tne i8ks sr1 overturned the7r
vehicles in corir- home f en- sastfr.sf- =
IN favor ef i1e rsi.reef rot as f8rerias ths
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